Duncan — #1101 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Duncan

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,032 babies named Duncan between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Duncan currently holds the #1101 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 644 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Duncan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Duncan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,894 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Duncan in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Duncan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 21,032 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.